Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 1981 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Saturday, October 24, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 36–25.
Dennis Maruk scored twice. Pat Ribble, Duane Sutter, Wayne Merrick, John Tonelli, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mike Bossy, Bob Bourne and Butch Goring also scored.
Roland Melanson made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 19 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Maruk (5)Bobby Carpenter (4)1–001:45 WSH · 
Pat Ribble (1)Unassisted2–006:50 WSH
Duane Sutter (3)Ken Morrow (2), Mike Bossy (5)2–116:38 NYI
Wayne Merrick (3)Mike McEwen (6)2–217:35 NYI ·
2nd period
John Tonelli (3)Tomas Jonsson (5), Wayne Merrick (4)2–301:00 NYI
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3)Bobby Carpenter (5)3–301:24 WSH
Mike Bossy (9)Bryan Trottier (11), Clark Gillies (2)3–418:36 NYI
3rd period
Bob Bourne (5)Mike Bossy (6), Mike McEwen (7)3–504:29 NYI
Butch Goring (3)Dave Langevin (1), Anders Kallur (3)3–616:30 NYI- Dennis Maruk (6)Mike Gartner (3)4–617:04 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
3625
0%0%
1/41/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:01 into the first period
Roland Melanson · high sticking2 min - 8:04 into the first period
Howard Walker · tripping2 min - 10:25 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 17:35 into the first periodRyan Walter · holding2 min
- 5:55 into the second periodPaul MacKinnon · hooking2 min
- 16:04 into the second periodGord Lane · slashing2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodDave Langevin · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Roland StoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Todd BidnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Paul MacKinnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 25 | 6 | .760 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |